First Destination Report: 2018-2019 Undergraduate Degree Recipients

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

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The number of respondents (N) and percentage of respondents (%) are shown for each topic and question.

Response Rate
%
1183 Total Graduates
583 49% Reported first destination / respondents
600 51% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

What are you primarily doing after graduation?
%
226 39% Working
31 5% Military
14 2% Volunteering
137 23% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
141 24% Still Seeking Employment
33 6% Still Seeking Continuing Education
1 0% Not Seeking (traveling, gap year, taking time off, other)

Continuing Education Details

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Working Details

View list by undergrad major of employers, job titles, and locations

Salary and Bonus

Question for working and military respondents.

Medians are shown when four or more individuals reported salary or bonus.
See Salary Detail Report which includes 25th and 75th percentiles where sufficient Ns were reported.
See Bonus Detail Report which provides more detail on numbers and percentages reporting.

%
177 69% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Salary median for working and military: $41000
16 6% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
Bonus Median: $2500

Job Source

Question for working respondents

Regarding the job you accepted: Which best describes the way you first made contact with this employer?
%
23 10% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
41 18% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
23 10% Career fair.
10 4% Handshake.
2 1% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
22 10% Went directly to employer website.
23 10% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
9 4% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
4 2% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
69 31% Did not answer

Job Related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your career goals?
%
96 42% Very
56 25% Somewhat
7 3% Not
67 30% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your major?
%
73 32% Very
56 25% Somewhat
30 13% Not
67 30% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents

As best as you recall, how many job offers have you received?
%
71 31% One
52 23% Two
23 10% Three
5 2% Four
4 2% Five or more
71 31% Did not answer

Career Planning and Preparation

Learned Job Search Skills | Source of Learning

Questions for working and still seeking employment respondents.

Which best describes the extent to which you learned job search skills during college?
%
78 21% Learned most that I needed.
171 47% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
41 11% Learned nothing, or very little
77 21% Did not answer
If you learned job search skills, where did you learn them? Check all that apply.
%
132 36% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
59 16% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
33 9% Other books, magazines, print materials.
129 35% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
112 31% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
18 5% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
130 35% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
57 16% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
173 47% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
199 54% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
146 40% Peers.
84 23% Did not answer

Advising on Continuing Education

Questions for continuing education respondents only.

Where did you get advice about graduate or professional school? Check all that apply.
%
58 42% Professors at Virginia Tech.
36 26% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
14 10% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
11 8% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
53 39% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
34 25% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
57 42% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
41 30% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
61 45% Parents, adult relatives
49 36% Peers.
5 4% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
11 8% Did not answer

Experience During College

Questions for all respondents

Did you have any type of career-related experience during college?
%
414 71% Yes
70 12% No
99 17% Did not answer
If yes, what types of experience did you have? Check all that apply.
%
180 31% Volunteer work
203 35% Part-time job
187 32% Summer job
0 0% Unpaid internship
269 46% Paid internship
6 1% Co-op
67 11% Undergraduate research
124 21% Field study
166 28% Did not answer
If you checked "UNPAID internship," how many did you have?
%
124 21% One
44 8% Two
10 2% Three
3 1% Four or More
402 69% Did not answer
If you checked "PAID internship," how many did you have?
%
110 19% One
49 8% Two
11 2% Three
7 1% Four or More
406 70% Did not answer

Used Career Center

Questions for all respondents.

As you recall: During college did you use any resources provided by Virginia Tech Career and Professional Development)? (could include advising, workshops, publications, website, Handshake, employment interviews, etc.)

%
109 19% Never
53 9% Don't recall or unsure
282 48% Yes, but not often
36 6% Yes, often
103 18% Did not answer

Regrets

Questions for all respondents.

If you could start over in college, is there anything you would do differently related to career planning

%
190 33% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
286 49% Yes. I would do something differently.
107 18% Did not answer

If yes, please check all that apply. I wish I had...

%
207 36% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
126 22% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
178 31% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
189 32% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
134 23% Started my job search earlier.
90 15% Used more or different job search resources.
250 43% Did not answer